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Glenn Hauser logs March 27, 2024 |
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Thursday, March 28 2024
WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST ON YOUTUBE, replacing Google Podcast
Thanks to Keith Weston for arranging this: ``Hi Glenn, It looks like the new "podcast" feed via YouTube is now fully active and reliable. https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofRadio Official details of what this is and why it is happening at : https://support.google.com/podcast-publishers/thread/264592324 Basically, the iTunes-like Google Podcast service will cease to function on 2 April 24. Anyone who uses the Google Podcast app (or a play their podcasts via Google Smart speaker) will need to start using YouTube or YouTube Music apps paired with their devices. It's a real pain and I hate this decision, but that's the Googleverse we live in now. Setting the new stuff up for smart speakers is a little tricky, but your followers are smart cookies and I wager they'll figure it out. Best, -- Keith Weston`` http://keithweston.com http://www.facebook.com/keithweston All podcasts linked at http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html ** CUBA. 15140, March 27 at 1535, RHC Spanish, S9+10 direct, ending sports report at 1538, with squeal, perhaps related to spurblob? about 15143.6, and weaker at 2x above, 15147.2; but not clear matches on minus side. // 11760 also on but weaker S5/S7. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, March 27 at 0645, noise blob again instead of regular modulation from ORTM; back and forth from one night to the next. Or could it be jamming? Following a military coup in 2020, elexions scheduled for Feb `24 were postponed, per VOA news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, March 26 at 2335, horrible roar still on, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. March 27 at 1543, JBA direct. At 1613, S9+10/22 into Kuwait SDR; at 1842, S9. 2220, S9 direct. UTwente unreachable. 2238, S8/S9 into Kuwait. Still at 2345 into UTwente. As for sites, Ed The Navydude in Riyadh says, ``Jeddah is not active. Neither is Ha'il. Only Riyadh is active albeit barely. They're hoping to get new transmitters if they end up continuing shortwave`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 27 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG S9+40/45, today to be about Semana Santa activities, such as parades, but lots of precip, some may be rained out. In recounting the significance of the nigh dates about JC, which wander all over the spring calendar, they never say ``allegedly`` - this is journalism? 2307 repeating the basic A24 SW sked, and yes, 17855 not 17885 for us. Then quite a stretch explaining how one group which dresses in sheets has nothing to do with the KKK, as American tourists are shocked. 2319 on to food. 2324 `Halleluyah Chorus`, 2327 report from Beirut about some other easterish festival (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, continued from last report, March 27 at 0000, into UTwente, VOT`s 2300 English has not gone off, still on with timesignal and extraneous German, and continues for some time, unknown exactly when turned off, but by 0030 nothing but Chinese from EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March at 2300, no show of VOT English into Maryland SDR, nor 2345 later in the hour, but *2311 XJRTV EAST TURKISTAN in Chinese. Not on 9610 either, rather CNR in Mongolian. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K Q O G B A N I. 24970 USB, March 27 at 1530, G0VQO is one of two phone signals on 12m band. QRZ.com: ``G0VQO England flag England, Nick Haynes, 139 Hull Road, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6ST, England -- I no longer send QSL cards Sorry. Hi I have been licenced since 1995 and still enjoy radio, my favourite bands are 12m and 20m, I am active on all the bands`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 8992 USB, March 27 at 1546, occasional syllables between long pauses, presumably a failed EAM from Andrews or somebase, not modulating properly. I usually start my 9-MHz-bandscans here; or if circa 2230 on 8989 for the pescador predicador circa Nicaragua uncaught for longtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday March 26 at 2335 the 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Maryland SDR. NOT confirmed March 27 at 1425 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, as it is OFF the air; too late to check webcast. 9395 is audible poorly and maybe 9455. Confirmed Wednesday March 27 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975, S9/+15 into western Ireland SDR as UTwente temporarily unavailable. >From next week: 1930 on 6160 & 3975. NOT confirmed March 27 at 2100 on WBCQ because 7490- is also OFF the air, no signal into NH, ME, MD remotes. But confirmed on webcast. The others are detectable: 5130+, 6160-, 9330.0. 7490 still AWOL past 2220, why? Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 12160, March 27 at 1544, WWCR with chocolate commercial, S9+35 with squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13563+ CW, March 27 at 2213, dash and RQ sent thrice, JBA but fades up a bit and certain of the call. Noise blanker on the R75 essential as OG&E has not fixed the line noise yet. NOT listed at the LWCA HIFER roster nor any reports in HFUnderground. New? Where? Not PCO as expected around this frequency, recently relogged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2357 UT March 27
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Glenn Hauser logs March 26, 2024 |
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Wednesday, March 27 2024
** BRAZIL. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies to my previous report: ``Glenn, checking the Brasília Kiwi SDR around 0330 UT March 26 I’m hearing R. Voz Missionária on both 5940 and 11750 with good signal levels, but nothing on 9665``
Precise frequencies would be helpful. At 1723 I check the ``Brasila`` SDR: only S3 on 5940.110; S5/S6 on 9664.998; S5/S7 on 11750.132, all // with screaming gospel huxter. Closely calibrated: on same, WWVH 15000 JBA ranging -1 to +3 Hz, no doubt instability of rx or prop, not WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 15140, March 26 at 1940, RHC English VP with squeal, S3 into Maryland SDR, waterfall showing squeals about 15137.3 and lesser at 15142.7. USB tuning might have helped except there is much stronger S7/S9+5 Chinese traditional music on 15145, Firedragon jamming? nothing listed there by Aoki & EiBi between 0800 and 0630, nor trace of target. As expected, cuts off at 2000* sharp, never announcement nor timesignal. 15140 better by 2030, RHC going from French to Portuguese. Still with squeals, not only +/- 2.6 kHz, but weaker ones about 5.2 around 15134.8 and 15145.2. I`m checking 15140 because David Crawford, FL, just told me: ``The Bauta Squealer is in full bloom today (1805Z) --- The RHC carrier freq is the usual 15140. The diagonal voids are ionospheric fades sweeping across the freqs. The good high-power Bauta tx is on HM01 duty today. -- David E. Crawford, Indian River City, Florida`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. UTwente at 1620 March 26 is getting Arabic on 11935 - the frequency which had been that horrible noise, believed to be Sa`udi with the Rep of Yemen Radio. Is that it? EiBi also shows Farda - Farsi until 1630 via Germany. Some other music underneath. Vatican to start Arabic at 1630 on 11935. Glenn. Thread continues on WOR iog: ``By 11935 kHz you mean what signal blob without carrier I had ignored, believing it was a spur from some defective transmitter operating elsewhere? Yes, something else, sounding like Arabic, too, can now be heard in the background of the Vatican signal that provides a carrier. So that could of course be a second Saudi shortwave transmitter that is still active. Kai`` Ludwig, Germany, at 1638. Yes, as I reported a number of times, the 11935 blob was the same as previously on 11915, 11820, 11860 - where originally Rep of Yemen relay was. Hardly to be ignored. Vatican Arabic did come on at 1629.5, taking over UTwente. Vatican finished by 1730. At 1732, 11935 with Qur`an in the clear. But is it Riyadh, and which program, Yemen`s or not? Apparently SA has finally fixed that transmitter or changed to a good one. Not // 11745 in Arabic. Recheck UTwente at 1756, 11935, no signal but *1756 cuts on immediately to the horrible buzzroar: it lives! past 1800+. So something else on 11935 earlier, no roar. A few minutes qne hours later, no signal direct on 11935, just not propagating, but still loud to UTwente past 2038, 2243. Glenn Kai Ludwig replies at 1858: ``I made the mistake to tune away from 11935 after 20 seconds or so. Could it be made out if The Buzz came up with the same muezzin, i.e. the same programme feed? The question is of course whether it is the same Saudi transmission, being handed over to another transmitter. Attached the last seconds of the good 11935 transmission until cutting off at 1755. It had no faults, the described carrierless blob before 1700 was again something else. Also attached a snippet of 11745 at 1800 top of the hour. Breaking up audio as transmitted. The reference to Riyadh should be clear enough, but no "Al-Azm" whatsoever, not in the whole period between 1756 and 1810 unless I overheard it. Instead some mentions of Al Arabiya, for what it's worth, if anything. And now I wonder if 11935 The Buzz is our good old friend from years ago who, if I remember correct, at times splattered over hundreds of kilohertz. If so it would mean that the Riyadh shortwave plant is still alive. Kai`` *sic, confusing English: Even when referring to sound rather than sight, the word is ``overlooked``. ``Overheard`` does not have a parallel meaning, rather, hearing something by chance or when not supposed to. Further replies: ``Didn’t the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (ex-BSKSA) install a number of new SW transmitters a few years back? I seem to recall a number of discussions about that on various SW forums. Seems odd that they would give up on the platform, unless they’ve determined the audience has gone elsewhere. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` ``4 x new SW txs erected in Jeddah new antenna site a decade ago. 11935v, Saudi Riyadh faulty 9th TXitter unit, break / sudden close-down at 1330 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR unit, March 26. But another Saudi SW txion in 25 meterband: 11745.008, Saudi Arab forces radio Al-Azm Radio from Jeddah site at 1332, S=9+25dB strength backlobe in Qatar SDR. Noted Arab Classical singer program, like nice Egyptian classical from R Cairo in the 60ties. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 26)`` ``Known for sure is the installation of four transmitters at Jeddah. https://contelec.com/case-history-shortwave I don't remember any real information about Riyadh. The 70s vintage transmitters could still be in operation there, considering the resurfacing of that long known fault. But first I would focus on identifying the programming that goes out on the (just two, it seems) remaining outlets now. Kai`` ``Saudi had three transmitter sites and now down to only one, which is Riyadh. They plan to dismantle that and either move to a new site or discontinue shortwave. This has not yet been decided. It's Ramadan here so things are in a slight state of flux. Will know more after the Eid holiday (after April 15). 73, Ed 7Z1ES, Riyadh`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, March 26 from 2250, UTwente squelched awaiting VOT to come on - can squelch level be adjusted? Keeps cutting on and off with noise. Meanwhile, 9610 nice music presumably CNR Mongolian, not VOT overrun in Italian, which has happened before. *2300 abruptly on 5960: NOT VOT but Chinese! from XJRTV, EAST TURKISTAN, which often doesn`t come up until about 2311 - and still no VOT English on either frequency. About *2310 when I`m not listening closely, VOT cuts on amid news; 2312 music and onward. 2317 `That`s Why` repeat on smoking causing cancer. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Tuesday March 26 at 0330 on WRMI 7780 because it`s OFF the air: no signal into several remotes checked. It had also been AWOL yesterday. By 0648, however, 7780 is on but JBA direct vs OG&E noise level of S9+25! Now the afternoon of March 26, the OG&E guy has visited and is on the case. Confirmed Tuesday March 26 at 1305 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, S6/S9 direct atop Cuban Commie jamming. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2234][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, March 26 at 2253, WTWW is on with VG signal. George McClintock says running 50 kW. Plans now are to run 20-22 UT with PPP, 22-24 with misc. programming; 00 switch to 5085 for Ancient Word Radio, and extending to 0430 with religious music the extra half-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2320 UT March 26
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Glenn Hauser logs March +24-25-26, 2024 |
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Tuesday, March 26 2024
** BRAZIL. 9665v, March 26 at 0143, no signal from R. Voz Missionária, usually quite reliable here. How about their other frequencies? Nothing around 5940v either nor have I detected it in a longer time. 11750.16 has a JBA carrier, maybe RVM; propagation? 11780 RNA is blasting in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6100, March 25 at 0631, long-absent RHC is back on here in Spanish, S9+25 but undermodulated with self-imposed noise unlike elsewhere, 0633 ID. But 6000 is off. 5025 is on at S9+40/50 in Spanish seems different, so Rebelde. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. From SW Radio/Gold March 23: ``Hi Glenn, thanks your message and the regular links for downloading WOR - good work as well^^ Concerning HFCC A24 changes: YES we stay at local CET times. So you should shift times UTC for WOR to one hour earlier. NEW schedule for Shortwave Gold will be as follows, cause the Chinese invasion of the 49 mBand should be gone with Sunday 31st of March: 6160 kHz: 07:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC 3975 kHz: 17:00 UTC to 00:00 UTC 6160 and 3975 will carry WOR in parallel to the current CEST/CET times, when overlapping. We are currently working on 'filling' the extended evening airtime with programming concerning 6160 kHz after 15:00 UTC and 3975 kHz after 22:00 UTC. I am sure you will have some more slots for WOR. I will inform you about the exact times in a couple of days' time. BTW, concerning the difference between SW Gold and SW Radio. "Shortwave Gold" is the licenced broadcaster by BNetzA. Courtesy "Shortwave Radio" puts out their shows, as well as some relays and shows under the roof of the Shortwave Gold label. 73's Andy (Engineer @ Shortwave Radio Gold - Winsen at the river Aller)`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, March 26 at 0145, JBA music, OPOB. These say it`s WWWW, also in DRM, USB at times. DRM? Really, from a pirate? https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127617.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Mar 25, token English from SNR, usual VG signal into Maryland SDR, 2309 about the EU A-I Act; but then I`m listening to Turkey instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. Finally available, easily reached via the WOR Hitlist, the Fri Mar 22 ``March 23`` English podcast, so I can transcribe exactly what was said as the first news item, good news for SW, tho cloaked in gobbledygook: ``We broadcast on shortwave, and on Thursday the president of Spanish National Television and Radio defended our shortwave station in parliament; regarding the message that the corporation is adopting to guarantee the continuity and the future of Radio Exterior`s shortwave broadcasts, the president announced that the purchasing of a new transmitter, the first of five, is already underway [snippet of original Spanish: ...concreto, ya está en marcha el proceso de compra del primero de los nuevo cinco transmisores requeridos para una óptima prestación del servicio...]. These transmitters will be installed in the center in Noblejas, Toledo, one of the biggest antenna fields in Europe. The corporation is also working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draft a collaboration agreement that will contemplate the role and relevance of the shortwave service provided by Radio Exterior de España [``...la onda corta, como Vd. se ha dicho muy bien, se ha convertido en una alternativa al bloqueo de internet y de otros canales de información, como se ha podido ver en la reciente guerra en Ucrania, ¿no?...``] The president mentioned that shortwave has become an alternative to blocking the internet and other information channels as has been seen in the war between Russia and Ukraine. And also, we guarantee sharing information from Spain to America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. She also added that the corporation hopes to have support from the future mandate framework in order to guarantee this service which she has no doubt is a state service [``...unreadable ... de que se trata de un servicio de estado.``] Why do they need five new transmitters? The old four are still working, most of the time. BTW, altho the English broadcasts are exactly 30 minutes, all these podcasts are slightly longer, up to 33:22 mins, meaning that we are missing something on SW; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.002, Sunday March 24 at 2314 tune-in, VOT English S9+30 into UTwente, constant undercurrent of 6CI = Chinese Communist Chinese language co-channel interference from XJRTV, EAST TURKISTAN. VOT with ``with-you-every-hour`` promo; 2315 `Weekly Analysis` by a foreign policy researcher, we can never catch their names even if Westerners, about T`s relations with Iraq, Syria, Iran, banning PKK. 2319 music. 2323 `Letterbox`, just had snow in late March, climate change; from New Delhi, Japan, Beijing, Pakistan, Pakistan, Alokesh Gupta of New Delhi, 2337 music, 2341 ``out of time`` for L/Box, music. 2346 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2350 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2253 s/off as if for 1330; 2353.5 IS twice and off* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.003, Mon Mar 25 at 2304 tune-in, VOT S9+30/40 into UTwente during news read by the badax; 2312 `Review of Turkish Press` by same. 2314 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo; 2315 `The Energy Agenda` - T wants to be not just a transit center but a hub [what`s the difference?] for export of oil & natural gas into Europe; already pipelines from Iran and Azerbaijan; with stats of sizes of reserves of both in several countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia avoiding Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Qatar, Sa`udi Arabia; southern Cyprus mentioned last but without info as it`s Greek. Not until 2322 do I notice the 6CI tho probably started earlier. 2324 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2326 `That`s Why` badax about smoking and cancer. 2331 music. 2336 TRT World promo, music. 2339 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2340 music. 2344 more music vocal with drumming. 2352 s/off the 1330 broadcast only, about 8 notes of IS before chopoff 2353*, no finesse, uncovering XJRTV, std genocidal denunciations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17907 USB, March 25 at 1435, busy ATC frequency of NY Radio, continuous contacts with many flights, mostly audible weaker; juliet 3, echo 18; 13297 secondary; United 1984; Air Canada --; 2-tone selcalls thrice; squawk code 6032; 35.2 mentioned several times. EiBi shows NYR available 24h for Caribbean flights, Piarco, Trinidad could also be there. First time I recall hearing anything on 17907, despite often tuning across this band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: ``Solar Storm hits WOR schedule. From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, antenna: random long wires in the trees. WRMI: March 22 2200 UT Friday 9955 kHz, SSE new for me not yet logged. March 23 0130 UT Saturday 5850 kHz to NW heard nothing. March 24 0000 UT Sunday 9955 to SSE heard nothing, (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Sunday March 24 at 2000 on WRMI webcast only. Also confirmed Sunday March 24 at 2100 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.996 kHz, S9 into UTwente across Europe. Also confirmed Sunday March 24 at 2100 on WRN-Europe webcast. Also confirmed Sunday March 24 at 2230.5 on SW Radio, Germany, S9/+10 into UTwente. See GERMANY for upcoming A24 changes as of March 31. Also confirmed UT Monday March 25 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, poor into Maryland SDR, but no noise blasts. Also confirmed UT Monday March 25 after 0230 on WRN N America webcast. Also confirmed UT Monday March 25 at 0300 on WBCQ 6159.932, S7 but noisy into Maryland SDR. Succeeded this week, missing last week. Also confirmed Monday March 25 at 2057 the 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+5 into UTwente. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2234][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490-), Sun Mar 24 at 2200, WBCQ webcast is replaying the ``final`` `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot` of last week, March 17. UB replies: ``Not my doing, this normally would have been Julio Cesar Pereira's Ginga Brasil!, but he is on indefinite hiatus. Guess they used the UBMP for filler. There will, however, be an hour-long Plain Old Doug Show next Sunday. Doug does a nice combo of music, comedy and poetry, sometimes in the actual voices of poets like Robert Frost`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, March 25 at 1433, no signal from WLCR WBCQ. What`s wrong? Propagation has been disturbed but ought to be at least a trace of it. At 1913, only S8/9, English into Missouri SDR, but zero sig into UTwente! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5850, Mon March 25 at 0629, WRMI unusually off; leaving JBA persistent noise. 5950 also off as well as 5010, 7570, 7780, 9955; but these are on: 7730, 9395, 9455. Per current skedgrid, the same except 5850 & 7780 supposed to be on with TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Tue March 26 at 0147, WRMI-5 is S9+20/30 of dead air; I keep listening, enthralled by the silence of the TOMBS; 0159 suddenly comes to life with ID and right into rock/soul music without intro. I`ll look it up on the skedgrid: at 0100-0200 it`s supposed to be RAE Spanish relay, so if it were modulated would probably be multi-lingual ID filler reel; and still System K bright green after 0200 -- but not accounted for anywhere on the program sked searched below! Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WTWW: George McClintock called with an update at 2115 UT March 24: 9475 is on the air testing, 40-50 kW. VG signal here on the D808 with own antenna, sounds like BB. Dropped off the air and back on by itself while we were talking. Plans are to start #2 xmtr on 9475 at 20 UT, change to 5085 at 00; BB is gathering new programming and will start earlier when time sold. A lot has been spent on getting #1 working. #3 for 12105 might get some Arabic programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0309 UT March 26
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Glenn Hauser logs March 24, 2024 |
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Sunday, March 24 2024
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, continued from last report, LRA36 ran a little past 2400 UT March 23, with a song, stopped at 0005* March 24 with no formal s/off/despedida perceived (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BOLIVIA [and non]. 3310, March 24 at 0202, JBA carrier, presumed R. Mosoj Chaski, often logged by Bob Wilkner, FL. I might have better luck if I were ever DXing around 10 UT, and rid of OG&E`s line noise. I`m still waiting for them to fulfill a workorder to fix it. Is this the last remaining Latin American active on 90m? Almost! Tropical Bands Monitor shows only one other, added since last year, 3365, R. Cultura Araraquara, Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180-, March 24 at 0210, presumed RNA is audibly off-frequency-minus as I tune in USB at 1-kHz steps; Wolfgang Bueschel measured it at 6179.939 on Feb 10. And so is its neighbor as always, XEPPM askew 6185-. This reminds me to bring this up: without axually making a tally, it seems to me that stations are more likely to be off-minus than off-plus, e.g. Tashkent; WBCQ always 6160- and almost always 7490-, altho 5130++, etc. Is there some technical reason, such as the way components age, for them to lose rather than gain Hz? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [non]. 17650, Sunday March 24 at 1442, S Asian? music, S6/S7, 1446 talk. Only 17865 Martí Grimesland has better signal on band. EiBi shows Bible Voice via Nauen, GERMANY, Sundays only in DR = Dari; also Saturdays only in English; and English also on first Saturdays only at 1400-1430 on 17650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Sunday March 24 at 1443, RHC Spanish at S5/S7 direct, on the air for a change; JBA algo on 15230, RHC? EiBi & Aoki show nothing else ever on 15230, and RHC at this hour. By 1504, confirmed weekly Esperanto at shifted time ex-1600 UT during EST, only S6/S8 into Maryland SDR, nothing on 15230; and 11760 also Esperanto, poor S5/S7. 1954 recheck, 15140 starting French, presumably after some English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 6010-6015-6020, March 24 from *0209, DRM noise, which wasn`t there a minute earlier when I tuned across. Another TDF test nominally 0200-0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN. 6060, March 24 at 0208, S7/S9 carrier but can`t make out any modulation. Could RHCuba be trying to revive this long dormant frequency? Someone recently reported it a sesquihour earlier. I think not. IRIB is running special Ramadan breakfast shows including on 6060, per EiBi, 2350-0050 in Kurdish, 0120-0220 in Turkish, presumably instead of Arabic which had been running 6060 until 0230 from the defunct Zahedan site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. A whole bunch on the Saturday night pirate band, UT Sunday March 24 at 0212-0220, none of them strong enough to enjoy the music or whatever, but logged for the record during only 8 minutes, at rate of almost another one every minute; and then spending a lot more time, 25 minutes, matching them up to HFU logs: 6963.65 AM, music S9 = noise level. Certainly a distinctive frequency! Stern Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127506.0.html 6970 USB, music, rap? Solar Federation Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127500.0.html 6950 LSB, SFX noises, S9, Outhouse Radio, with SSTVs of other? stations: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127505.0.html 6934.95 AM, music: Boombox Radio, ``6935``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127499.0.html 6924.71 AM, music S6/S7: Captain Morgan SW, ``6925`` tho one had 6924.72: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127512.0.html 6892 approx., roaring noise on LSB & USB, no carrier, off & on, ute? 6880 USB >also LSB, no carrier, music with a beat, S9, Radio 48 via Mix Radio International, first reported 1944 UT Mar 23, past 0200 Mar 24: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,127483.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday March 24 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, S8/9+10 into Maryland SDR; Bonaire being tied up as often. Immediately preceded by that buy-a-fruitcake-for-Xmas-to-support-SW promo/ad. Also confirmed UT Sunday March 24 at 0349 about 9 minutes into so started circa 0340 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, skipping badly via Missouri SDR, but seems OK into Maryland buried in storm noise. Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show last week] 0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2234][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1670 kHz, UT Sunday March 24, at 0152 UT, with a K-index of 5.67, I am hoping for some auroral conditions enhancing southsigs; but routine MW bandscan hits 1 kHz tone restarting every 11.5 seconds, in between, ``This is the Brewers Radio Network``. Got to be WOZN Madison WI, sports format, and reported last August to have been really carrying Milwaukee Brewers baseball. But their first silly ballgame this season is not until March 28 v Mets - no wonder there is nothing to broadcast tonight! Why not ``spring training``? https://www.mlb.com/brewers/schedule/2024/fullseason This also loops roughly NE/SW on the altazimuth wrist-mounted D-808. At 0237 I check the stream, but we are deprived of tones, rather an adstring. Claiming to be on air now is sportstalk show of Jody McDonald starting at 9 pm CDT Sats: https://www.madcitysportszone.com/ 0239 back to ``Jody Mac`` from CBS Sportsradio - Jody with a really annoying voice sounds like a male person, but you never know. 0242 I check 1670 direct and it`s still the tones & Brewers. This might have been helpful for DXers afar, even if they could not copy the keyword Brewers, nor could I at first. Maybe CBS SR is on their FM 96.7 only. Obviously no one in charge of WOZN knows or cares what they are mistransmitting on 1670, plugged into satellite downlink? Or web. WOZN is our normally dominant 1670 here anyway. But at 0155 I counted a SAH of 88/minute = 1.47 Hz; what could that be? There are only a few other 1670s in N America. Probably WMGE in Georgia, which was 2 Hz away, but mwoffset measurements were 25 months apart and each also has a variable range. I have a hard time getting XEFCR in Reynosa, but well-known for being much further off, 1670.047 as of 2024-03-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1958 UT March 24
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Glenn Hauser logs March 23, 2024 |
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Sunday, March 24 2024
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat March 23 at 2245 tune-in, LRA36 VG peaking S9+10 into Argentine SDR, weekly broadcast presumably from 2200. 2258 discussing meteorological and geomagnetic observations. I`m trying to monitor Turkey at same time. Synch mode cannot lock onto the reduced carrier, but I can hear it by tuning down to 15475.5 USB. 2310 mailbag, from Chimbote, Perú, Buenos Aires. 2312 on phone a colonel who says he is in charge of RNASG, anniversary since base started in 1951y. Brief music breaks among more talk, but mostly music after 2335. By 2347 noise bursts, QRN at SDR? or OTH radar, as I have to wrap this report before presumed 2400* sign/off to come (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, March 23 at 0335, RHC English, S9+35/45 direct but modulation sup/torted, unlistenable. And this is the ONLY non-jammer, non-spy frequency on air! 4765 & 5025 both off, and no RHC found elsewhere on 6, nor on 9, 11, 15 MHz bands; 13 MHz not checked but has been vacant of RHC for many months. Even 6000 is off by 0624 recheck. Something`s very wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 15140, March 23 at 1920, NO signal of RHC English into Maryland SDR. SAWA. Nor at 2014 but there is a JBA fluttery carrier on 11760 -- RHC? No, this semihour only, RFI Issoudun, FRANCE in Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, March 23 at 0623, ORTM back to normal mod, after noiseblob again last night (Glenn Hauser,OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 23 from 2250, I`m monitoring UTwente for VOT to show up but it never does by 2301, when I check 9610 instead, and there it is on 9610.009, already news in English. Yet again, erroneous Emirler forgot to turn 9610 off after the 2130 English hour. But VG on 9610, S9+10/20 with slightly more fading than 5960. I`m trying to monitor LRA36 at same time. 2313 both go to music. 2318 `Energy Agenda` about plans to build a 1200-km highway and railway from the Persian Gulf thru Iraq into Turkey, a more efficient means to transport Gulf and Iraqi oil into Europe, especially vs Suez Canal and Red Sea problems. First I`d heard about this ``new partnership initiative``. 2329, `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` about handicraft art from Trabzon. 2332 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, mostly music thereafter except ``a-b-y-s`` again at 2341; abrupt chopoff at 2346* while no move to 5960 this late, still clear for the ChiCom XJRTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Not heard announcing yet, and would probably mess it up anyway, but per HFCC here is the A24 English sked, all times earlied by one real UT hour from March 31: 1230 17620, 1630 11660, 1830 9750, 2030 9875, 2200 11785, 0300 6165 & 7275. 11785 & 6165 are the NAm frequencies; 17620 also aimed thisaway across Europe. That means a foulup like today would find the 2200 on 9875 instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13563.5 CW, March 23 at 2012 UT, HIFER beacon, dash and PCO, heard again JBA, from Pine, ColOrado (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17865, Sat March 23 at 1700*, R. Martí in Spanish to Ukraine from Grimesland stops abruptly, no ID or s/off for it or VOA, cut carrier after a few more sex. That`s the Sat/Sun-only channel at 13-17. FWIW, 17865 and M-F`s 17680 at 17-21 missing from HFCC A24 USAGM sked, but also never added to the B23 one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday March 23 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+30/40 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Saturday March 23 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, S9+25/40 into Missouri SDR. Some hiccups at start, I hope caused by receiver only. Also confirmed Saturday March 23 at 1552 the 1530 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.003 into UTwente, VG S9+8. Also confirmed Saturday March 23 at 1725 the 1700 on WRN N America webcast. Not until April 6 shall this shift to 1600 UT, once BST be in effect, nevermind DST here two sesquiweeks earlier. Also confirmed Saturday March 23 from 1830.7 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+15 into UTwente, vs lightning crashes over Holland, outskirts of major storm over Slovenia per Blitzortung. Also confirmed Saturday March 23 after 1930 on WRMI webcast-only, 9955 not on. Also confirmed from 1940 UT Saturday March 23 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+18 groundwave into nearby SDR, right after Amateur Radio Newsline. Next: 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2233][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5935, March 23 at 0332, PMS, S9+50 direct with squeal from WWCR-2 = same unit as other hours on 7490, 12160, 9350. Something else is notright at Nashville. No squeal on 5890, WWCR-4 which is also on 7520 and 9980. PMS = Pastor Melissa Scott, ``University Network`` heiress to Dr Gene Scott (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 2353 UT March 23
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